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Definition: ATTORNEY-GENERAL |
ATTORNEY-GENERALNoun1. The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Date "ATTORNEY-GENERAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Crosswords: ATTORNEY-GENERAL |
| English words defined with "ATTORNEY-GENERAL": Relator ♦ Solicitor-general. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ATTORNEY-GENERAL": Keys. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Portrait of Attorney-General Edward Bates, officer of the United States government. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Ghana | Among other things, the Commission is charged with the responsibility to investigate all instances of alleged and suspected corruption and the misappropriation of public monies by officials, and to take appropriate steps, including providing reports to the Attorney-General and the Auditor-General, in response to such investigations. (references) |
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| "ATTORNEY-GENERAL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.62% of the time. "ATTORNEY-GENERAL" is used about 244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.62% | 226 | 20,021 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6.56% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.82% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 244 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ATTORNEY-GENERAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 律师一般. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 검사 일반. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | attorney-generalay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | RM:procuratur general. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ATTORNEY-GENERAL" (pronounced 'At*tor"ney-gen"er*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-g-l-n-n-o-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-5 letters: alternator, arrogantly, tetragonal. | |
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